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Despite all of their talents and trailblazing, both Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle would hit some heartbreaking career lows (Normand with relationship and drug scandals the stress of which would worsen her recurrent tuberculosis; Arbuckle with career ending sex scandal). And they’d both pass away far too young in the early 1930s (Mabel at only 36 in 1930 & Roscoe at 43 in 1933)
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

And finally, “He Did and He Didn’t” (1916) (https://youtu.be/5naCRo-i1JI?si=yxMvA_4hrmd0oCMo) is actually more of a dramedy VS the usual slapstick comedy or RomCom that Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Mabel Normand were known for while working for Keystone Studios.
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

“Wished on a Mabel” (1915) (https://youtu.be/iDWXaF5MMBs?si=NnpB69KBpUKG-JbQ) is considered one of the more “sophisticated” films that Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle would make together 

#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

During this time, Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle would make 17 films together- mostly short comedies and often writing, producing and directing the films themselves. While at Keystone Mabel Normand would star in over 100 films and write & direct around 20 films on her own. Arbuckle would parlay his screenwriting & directorial work at Keystone into a contract with MGM in 1918.
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

Despite being mostly known as a singer who also did comedy on the side, he leaned fully into his brand of chaotic, physical comedy once he began acting in films, especially once they were hired by Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios in 1913.
#SilentFlickerSunday #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (March 24, 1887-June 29, 1933) began his career as a child performer on the vaudeville circuit. He wouldn’t get into films until round 1909 when he and his wife, Minta Durfee, would join the roster of Chicago’s Selig Polyscope Company.
#SilentFlickerSunday #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

“That Little Band of Gold” (1915) (https://youtu.be/yC7f-vorsN4?si=BZ8SzbWaTZJn2z6y) is somewhat of a departure for Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle in that they also share top billing with Ford Sterling. This also features A LOT of Keystone Studio regulars (Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Al St. John, etc.) 

#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

“Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life” (1915) (https://youtu.be/1pXAXg2SEfU?si=7kau3kdJC1ojS8zQ) is another from the series that features the chaos trio (Mabel Normand, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle & Al St. John) but this time they’re joined by The Keystone Kops
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

Here’s the first in the popular Mabel Normand-“Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle comedy series “Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life” (1915) (https://youtu.be/zxIQWn_fN88?si=Y35YbaBtj4Eh4pam). This was co-directed by both Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle, who by this point had been directing and producing films both individually and jointly for about a year. It also features Arbuckle’s nephew and frequent collaborator Al St. John

#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

Next we have “Mabel’s New Hero” (1913) (https://youtu.be/KNV793zpPy4?si=GLfqK4YsxhvYiEQQ) which fully features Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle as her co-star. It’s also directed by Mack Sennett
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

I know that Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle is barely in “Mabel’s Dramatic Career” but I think his wanting Mack Sennett to STFU is pretty memorable 😂
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelsDramaticCareer #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

“Mabel’s Dramatic Career” (1913) is notable for being one of the earliest examples of a film-within-a-film
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelsDramaticCareer #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

First up we have “Mabel’s Dramatic Career” (1913) (https://youtu.be/gSTM9GbpQ_Y?si=YikhFM9EdkNB6Nx8) directed by Keystone Films impresario and Mabel Normand’s future co-conspirator and on/off lover Mack Sennett
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelsDramaticCareer #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

Nepo Baby Alert: Al St. John is Roscoe “Fatty Arbuckle’s nephew and he was featured in over 2 dozen of his uncle’s films
#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #Curses #ConeyIsland #HeDidAndHeDidnt #SilentFilm #RoscoeArbuckle #AlStJohn

Here for a night of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle directed films!
#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #Curses #FoolsLuck #MyStars #ConeyIsland #HeDidAndHeDidnt #SilentFilm #RoscoeArbuckle

Also, here’s all of the #SilentFilm & Transitional/Early sound film I could find on the TCM Schedule in November (please note the times on the last week or so are rough estimates)
#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #AlfredHitchcock #FilmNoir #OscarMicheaux #LionelBarrymore #JohnGilbert #DoloresDelRio #SessueHayakawa #Comedy #RoscoeArbuckle #BusterKeaton

𝐀ctrice 𝐝𝐮 𝐉our

𝐌𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝
Actrice Réalisatrice Scénariste Productrice Américaine

#MabelNormand c'est plus de 𝟐𝟑𝟎 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 entre 1910 et 1927

#mabelnormand #actricedujour #actress #actrice #cinegenres
@Cinegenres #film #cinema #macksennett #RoscoeArbuckle
#FattyArbuckle #HalRoach #charliechaplin #charlot

𝐄n 𝐒avoir 𝐏lus:
https://www.instagram.com/cinegenres/

𝐋e 𝐂ourt 𝐌étrage 𝐃u 𝐒amedi 𝐒oir

𝐋𝐚 𝐍𝐨𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐲
Court-métrage de Roscoe Arbuckle en 1917
Avec Buster Keaton et Alice Mann

*Petit classique avec 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧 et 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧

#BusterKeaton #AliceMann #LaNoceDeFatty #RoscoeArbuckle
#court #muet #cinegenres #cinema #culte #classic

𝐄n 𝐒avoir 𝐏lus:
https://cinegenres.com/film-du-jour/

And finally, The short RomCom “Fatty and Mabel Adrift” (1916) (https://tinyurl.com/456aa2np) starring and directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Mabel Normand
#SilentFlickerSunday #FattyAndMabelAdrift #SilentFilm #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle

Just a head’s up there’s A LOT of #SilentFilm/Transitional sound era film on this week’s TCM schedule BUT set your DVRs b/c most of it will air in the early morning hours+next week’s #SilentSundayNights has a Roscoe Arbuckle double feature!
#TCMParty #AnnaMayWong #CharlieChaplin #RoscoeArbuckle